Real Madrid celebrate with the European Cup after winning the trophy for the fifth successive year: (standing, l-r) Luis Del Sol, Canario, Dominguez, Jose Santamaria, Marquitos, Alfredo Di Stefano, Francisco Gento, Ferenc Puskas, Enriqe Pachin; (squatting, l-r) Vidal, Jose Zarraga It was on this day in 1960 that the iconic European Cup Final between Real […]
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On This Day – 10th December
Newcastle United’s 1960/61 team Newcastle United and West Ham United played out a 5-5 draw at St James’s Park on this day in 1960.A rather meagre 20,106 crowd turned up for the game but were treated to a ten goal classic, with nine different players getting their name on the scoresheet! Newcastle’s Len White scored […]
On This Day – 3rd December
Jimmy Greaves scored five goals for Chelsea in a home game against West Bromwich Albion on this day in 1960. Stamford Bridge was just under a third full that afternoon as only 19,568 fans were in attendance. Those that decided to stay in the warm or go Christmas shopping missed out on a fine individual […]
On This Day – 19th November
Jimmy Greaves scored his 100th Legue goal on this day back in 1960, becoming the youngest player to reach that landmark in the process.Greaves made his debut three years before, scoring in a 1-1 draw at Tottenham Hotspur, a club that he would join a year later. At just 20 years and 290 days old, […]
On This Day – 18th May
Alfredo Di Stefano before kick-off in the 1960 European Cup Final It was on this day 60 years ago that Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt in one of the great European Finals of all-time.Real won 7-3 at Hampden Park in Scotland in front of an enormous crowd of 127,621 to record their fifth successive European […]